How to disable extension updates in Google Chrome?

Question

Google Chrome

Guys,
The problem is small but not childish. There are a couple of extensions in Google Chrome, one of them is called AutoFill 2.0.crx, an old one, but awesome for registering on any sites, it works flawlessly. One problem - fucking Chrome that constantly updates it to version 6.4.0 - the same autophile that is on steroids - rare shit.
I tried to disable updates in Chrome - I found a method on HabraHabre, turned it off so that even pictures in Google stopped loading))) - the method is working but painfully hard.
Another method I tried was to simply delete the GoogleUpdate.exe file - Chrome is no longer updated, but its extensions are updated, I don’t see where the logic is - this method worked all day.
I even tried to comment out the update_url line in the manifest.json file - it also did not help.
Maybe someone knows how to make it so that in Chrome it does not update the extension itself, or at least my extension?

Answer 1

Open it and add it in developer mode as a folder without an update link.
This is the last resort.

Answer 2

With Sharp right, this is the only sane option. All the others are either quite complicated (rebuild your chrome from source) or won't work (you've already described them in the post).

Answer 3

Can you imagine, I did this and deleted the update line from the manifest.json file and then tried to load it as an unpacked extension - but Chrome did not give it, wrote that either the manifest file was damaged or some other nonsense